HB 301 - Florida House (2026) - Advanced Practice Registered Nurse Autonomous Practice - Bill Sponsor

Florida House Bill 301

Session 2026

Advanced Practice Registered Nurse Autonomous Practice

Active

Passed House on Feb 4, 2026

Sponsor

First Action

Nov 3, 2025

Latest Action

Feb 10, 2026

Origin Chamber

House

Type

Bill

Bill Number

301

State

Florida

Session

2026

Sponsorship by Party

Primary

Michelle Salzman

Cosponsor

House Votes (1)

checkPassed on February 4, 2026

Motion Text

Passage, Third Reading

House Roll Call Votes

Republicans

Democrats

Unknowns

Didn't Vote

Didn't Vote

Yes

Yes

Angela "Angie" Nixon

No

Anna V. Eskamani

Didn't Vote

Yes

Ashley Viola Gantt

No

Yes

Yes

Bill Partington

Yes

Bradford Troy "Brad" Yeager

Yes

Yes

Bruce Hadley Antone

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Christine Hunschofsky

Yes

Didn't Vote

Dana Lee Trabulsy

Yes

Daniel Antonio "Danny" Alvarez

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

Yes

No

No

Demi Busatta Cabrera

Yes

Dianne "Ms Dee" Hart

Yes

No

Douglas Michael "Doug" Bankson

Yes

Yes

Yes

Felicia Simone Robinson

Yes

Fentrice Driskell

Yes

Fiona McFarland

Yes

Gallop Franklin II

Didn't Vote

Yes

Yes

Yes

James Vernon "Jim" Mooney, Jr.

Yes

Yes

Yes

Jenna Persons-Mulicka

Yes

Jennifer "Rita" Harris

Yes

Jennifer Canady

Yes

Jennifer Kincart Jonsson

Yes

Jervonte "Tae" Edmonds

Yes

No

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

Yes

Juan Carlos Porras

Yes

Yes

Karen Gonzalez Pittman

No

Yes

No

Kevin D. Chambliss

Yes

Kevin M. Steele

Didn't Vote

Yes

Kimberly Berfield

No

Kimberly Daniels

Yes

Yes

Yes

Lawrence McClure

Yes

Leonard Spencer

Didn't Vote

Yes

Lindsay Michelle Cross

No

No

Marie Paule Woodson

Yes

Yes

Michael "Mike" Gottlieb

No

Yes

Michele K. Rayner-Goolsby

Yes

Michelle Salzman

Yes

Mike Giallombardo

Didn't Vote

Yes

Mitch Rosenwald

No

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Didn't Vote

Peggy Gossett-Seidman

Yes

Philip Wayne "Griff" Griffitts, Jr.

Yes

Rachel Lora Saunders Plakon

Yes

Randall Scott "Randy" Maggard

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

Robert A. "Robbie" Brackett

Yes

Robert Alexander "Alex" Andrade

Yes

Robert Charles "Chuck" Brannan III

Yes

Robin Bartleman

No

Ryan Chamberlin

Yes

Yes

Yes

Shane G. Abbott

Yes

Smith

Yes

Susan L. Valdés

Yes

Susan Plasencia

Yes

Taylor Michael Yarkosky

Yes

Thomas Patterson "Patt" Maney

Yes

Tiffany Esposito

Yes

Tobin Rogers "Toby" Overdorf

Yes

Yes

Yes

Tyler I. Sirois

Yes

Yes

Wallace Aristide

No

Webster Barnaby

Didn't Vote

William Cloud "Will" Robinson , Jr.

Yes

Didn't Vote

Yvette Benarroch

Yes

Yvonne Hayes Hinson

Yes

Summary

Advanced Practice Registered Nurse Autonomous Practice; Authorizes certain advanced practice registered nurses to engage in autonomous practice to provide mental health services.

Text (1)

H 301 Filed

https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/301/BillText/Filed/PDF

Documents (2)

Bill Analysis -- Health Professions & Programs Subcommittee (Post-Meeting) (1/15/2026 10:54 AM)

https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/301/Analyses/h0301a.HPP.PDF

Bill Analysis -- Health & Human Services Committee (Post-Meeting) (1/21/2026 1:55 PM)

https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/301/Analyses/h0301c.HHS.PDF

Actions (22)

Show Only Major Actions

02/10/2026

Senate

Received

02/09/2026

Senate

Referred to Rules

02/04/2026

Senate

In Messages

02/04/2026

House

Passed; YEAS 88, NAYS 18

02/04/2026

House

Read 3rd time

02/04/2026

House

Added to Third Reading Calendar

02/04/2026

House

Read 2nd time

01/29/2026

House

Bill added to Special Order Calendar (2/4/2026)

01/21/2026

House

Added to Second Reading Calendar

01/21/2026

House

Bill released to House Calendar

01/21/2026

House

Reported out of Health & Human Services Committee

01/21/2026

House

Favorable by Health & Human Services Committee

01/16/2026

House

Added to Health & Human Services Committee agenda

01/15/2026

House

Now in Health & Human Services Committee

01/15/2026

House

Reported out of Health Professions & Programs Subcommittee

01/14/2026

House

Favorable by Health Professions & Programs Subcommittee

01/13/2026

House

1st Reading (Original Filed Version)

01/12/2026

House

Added to Health Professions & Programs Subcommittee agenda

11/12/2025

House

Now in Health Professions & Programs Subcommittee

11/12/2025

House

Referred to Health & Human Services Committee

11/12/2025

House

Referred to Health Professions & Programs Subcommittee

11/03/2025

House

Filed

Sources

FL Legislature

https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/301/ByCategory

Open States

https://openstates.org/fl/bills/2026/HB301/

Record Created

Nov 4, 2025 10:24:05 AM

Record Updated

Mar 2, 2026 11:24:16 AM